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The gems of art : a token of remembrance : illustrated by superb line engravings.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Sp-F 108
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Sp-F 107
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gift books.
- Genre:
- Gift books -- England -- London -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (Gift Book Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Smith, Emeline (inscription) (Gift Book Collection copy 1)
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Whittaker & Co. ..., [between 1835 and 1841] (London : Printed by James Taylor ...)
- Notes:
- Publication date suggested from an inscription in a copy at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania, and the plates, which have the imprint, "London, published Novr. 1835, for the proprietor, by Whittaker & Co. ..."
- Local Notes:
- Gift Book Collection copy 1 has a ms. inscription, in pencil, which reads "presented to Miss Emeline Smith", dated "New Year's Day, 1842".
- Gift Book Collection copy 2 has the name "Emma", written in pencil, on the front free endpaper.
- Cited in:
- Faxon, F. W. Literary Annuals and Gift Books, 1367
- OCLC:
- 4898488
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